Not sure if this is new, it sounds a bit familiar. Still, Ken will love it I'm sure.

Did life begin in a PUDDLE? First biological molecules may have formed in small pools as they dried out on early Earth

Study found repeated drying and wetting cycles led polypeptides to form Polypeptides form proteins when long enough - a key part of living cells Researchers found they could form from basic chemical building blocks The findings support theories that life began on land four billion years ago